BenQ-Siemens EF81 - user opinions and reviews

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Design
8.2
Features
8.0
Performance
7.9
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LOL, it's not me, i don't owned this phone.
i only owned the "cheaper" version, E81.

it's Karim Ahmed, read again.;)

btw, you've got a low price tag for your phone indeed.

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  • 2007-11-19 15:14
  • wrYG
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To Paeijho, the guy who paid $460 for this: YOU GOT ROBBED!

I got this phone brand-new at $120, everywhere in the world I found it for less than $200.

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  • 2007-11-19 10:00
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The light (display backlight) on the EF81 can be adjusted to stay on for 60, 30, 15 or 5 seconds, go into the menu look for Display click on Display and you will find the Backlight Time option, if it stays on longer than 60 seconds after you have made adjustments I would assume there may be a problem with the handset, it may be fixable by upgrading the software.

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  • 2007-11-15 23:06
  • pYVs
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please can someone tell why the key pad on back of my ef 81 always on and what option do i have to turn them off?
thans in advance

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  • 2007-11-15 17:50
  • 49BA
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actually there is one good software management for EF81, it called Brew Mobile Commander, google for it.
it's stable and fast, unlike MPM.

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  • 2007-11-11 23:46
  • wrYG
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Unfortunately the software SUCKS you will have to get used to it, try installing the software on another computer I found it appeared to work better on my laptop and the strange thing is my main computer has far superior performance to the laptop, I guess it's not a system performance related issue.

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  • 2007-11-11 10:49
  • pYVs
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hi!
my problem is the the data cable
once it's work
once it dosen't work
are there else software than MPM?

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  • 2007-11-10 22:06
  • nH1@
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I am almost certain you cannot turn the keypad light off, but it should switch off automaticaly after a short while.

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  • 2007-11-10 11:42
  • pYVs
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how can i turn off the light on my keypad? please advice

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  • 2007-11-09 18:33
  • 49BA
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The light (display backlight) on the EF81 can be adjusted to stay on for 60, 30, 15 or 5 seconds, go into the menu look for Display click on Display and you will find the Backlight Time option, if it stays on longer than 60 seconds after you have made adjustments I would assume there may be a problem with the handset, it may be fixable by upgrading the software.

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  • 2007-11-09 16:51
  • pYVs
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just purchace ef81 and its amazing phone but one slight problem the light always on in tne front of the phone can someone tells me how i can turen them off it eating up my battery.

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  • 2007-11-09 16:42
  • 49BA
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Just purchased a replacement (compatible none genuine) battery for an EF81 and I get a message when powering up the phone BATTERY INVALID PLEASE CKECK OR REPLACE, also the battery charging indicator on the display is not moving it just displays as if the battery is flat, can anyone give advise on this?

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  • 2007-11-09 11:25
  • pYVs
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the ef81 its amazing mobile i like this phone and its best phone in the world from design

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  • 2007-11-07 12:14
  • nTSW
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My Phone can't call out. I don't change any setting. Others function it's ok. However i like this phone.

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  • 2007-11-05 05:38
  • yXAH
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can't say much about the scratching problem, but for the others you only need to updated the FirmWare.

go to www.club-siemens.net for details.
good luck!;)

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  • 2007-10-24 23:32
  • wrYG
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When I checked the EF81 web page for info, I was impressed about its features/benefits.
Although it was extremely expensive, I decided to purchase it based on that features. Features included an anti-scratch alloy of outer body, A convinient, easy operating system, a decent camera, a media player and many others.

As I tried the phone, I discovered it really had a very elegant screen display. The speakers are loud and clear.

However, after two months of my purchase, problems started to arise. Several scratches began to appear around the corners of the phone, which proved out to be scratchable by everyday stuff. It just began to acquire those scratches by being put on a desk or with some coins in my pocket. The scratches increased in size, until it really looks worn out now.

The second problem is the operating system. The operating system proved to be very slow actually, although I installed a small memory chip 256 MB. It's incredibly slow. Menu has really some good transition, but is very slow.

I have to say that I found great difficulty in installing new themes to the phone.

Battery life is the big issue about that phone. I have to recharge it now 2 times a day, though I don't speak more than 15 minutes/day.

The operating system restarts once I engage in a phone call. It does that many times and really drives me mad sometimes.

Another thing about OS to say is that when I have missed calls, I have a notification of "2 missed call" for instance, but when I click on "View" it simply displays nothing! I can't know who called!

For a price of 2900 Egyptain pound/460 dollars, I expected a much better performance, and was deeply frustrated with all those bugs.

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  • 2007-10-23 18:35
  • fvIw
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Just acquired a second hand EF81 with a problem, when I power it on it just turns off again, can anyone suggest what the problem may be.

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  • 2007-10-20 18:51
  • SeKb
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as long as you use 3GSwupFU updater, you can roll back the FW.
with some risks though AFAIK.

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  • 2007-10-13 21:08
  • wrYG
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Is it possible to go back to a previous firmware version without any prooblems, for example from version 58 to version 48 or are there complications?

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  • 2007-10-12 18:37
  • SeKb
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This is an update to my previous post dated 05/10/2007, with FW58 installed I tested the EF81 with a Bluetooth adaptor connected to one of my computers, I found that I was able to send music files and photo's to the phone and back to the PC although the process was rather slow, I have never used Bluetooth before for transfering files and have been informed that it can be a slow process, the supplied software with the phone is very slow (quite frankly IT SUCKS) but is certainly quicker than using a Bluetooth adaptor, I picked the phone up the other day to find it had turned itself off this is the first time this has happened to me and I am just wondering if it's a bug in the version 58 firmware as it never happened prior to updating the firmware, if anyone can comment on this it would be helpful, I have read posts regarding complaints about poor signal/reception quality with the EF81 I am on Virgin Mobile/T Mobile, the signal quality where I live is very very poor on this network but I am able to make a call near a window with the EF81 if I keep still, all previous hand sets I have used at this address have been much the same so I don't think there is reception problem with the EF81's at least certainly not with my handset, I have taken some photo's with the EF81 and have to admit for a 2 Megapixel image sensor they are the worst digital photo's I have ever taken so if you intend to take any memorable photos I suggest you use a proper digital camera.

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  • 2007-10-11 16:55
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